India-Sri Lanka Street Connect in Progress: Nitin Gadkari

Taking after the introduction of Agartala-Dhaka transport administration and marking of the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal engine vehicle assention, the Center is likewise taking a gander at joining India and Sri-Lanka, Union clergyman for street transport and thruways Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday. The street network, manufactured crosswise over Palk Strait, could a blend of an ocean extension and submerged passage. The submerged passage will likewise permit development of boats through it.



"The separation between Dhanushkodi in Rameswaram and the Sri Lankan limit is around 23 kms. An ocean scaffold would help in expanding the trans-SAARC street and transport system," said Gadkari. Dhanushkodi is arranged south-east of Pamban town and around 29kms away is Talaimannar in Sri Lanka, the town nearest to the Indian area outskirt.

A proposition for giving street and rail connection spanning the separation crosswise over Palk Strait has been submitted to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), for a prefeasibility study and ensuing financing. As of now, the missing connection of tight passageway of around 23 kms is adjusted through stopgap ship administration transport. "At current gauges, the task would cost us Rs.23,000 crore," Gadkari included. Alongside the India - Sri Lanka street connect, the Center is likewise hoping to associate north-east to Thailand by means of Mynmar.